In this new clip from Mass Appeal Hi-Tek, Nottz, Karriem Riggins, House Shoes, Bilal, Snoop Dogg and others discuss the inspiration behind the posthumous Dilla Rap album The Diary and how it was painstakingly reconstructed from Dilla’s archived files after his death in 2006. The album just saw it’s first wide release and is available for purchase now in digital, CD and vinyl formats.

Gibbs and Madlib team with Karriem Riggins for “City”, which is the latest release from the Adult Swim Singles Series. The track will be available for free download on the 22nd. Gibbs and ‘Lib are putting the finishing touches on their collaborative project, Piñata, which is due later this year with guest appearances from Joey Bada$$, Raekwon, Danny Brown, Ab-Soul, Meech of Flatbush Zombies and others.

Producer and musician Karriem Riggins, a longtime collaborator with Common, The Roots and many others, dropped his solo debut LP Alone Together last month. Here’s a video for the instrumental cut “Summer Madness”.

If carried out properly, this might actually end up to be a pretty clever way to promote the movie – if all these tapes drop before/around the movie’s release date… so maybe I spoke too soon on Friday. We’ll see.